A prayer for the Virtual Assistants in the Affected Areas of Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Nov 13, 2013 | Life and Marketing Lessons

We thank you that working from home has been possible now due to the brilliance You have given to man. Thank you for the opportunity to work in the comfort of our homes; just a hand’s reach to our loved ones every day. This chance has made us Filipino Virtual...

Is Working From Home a Dead-End Job?

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Jun 15, 2013 | Life and Marketing Lessons

I saw this video from WSJ Live a few weeks ago. The video is about Yahoo! employees who work-from-home being reported back to work. Yahoo! employees reporting back to duty is actually good. According to the interviewee,If a work-from-home person wants to get promoted...

Becoming a VA means isolation? Not for me!

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Mar 1, 2013 | Life and Marketing Lessons

Recently, Mashable.com published an online article on how to solve top pitfalls of working from home. In the article, four pitfalls and solutions were identified. One of the pitfalls was virtual assistants may bring “inevitable sense of isolation.” Well,...

Goodbye, Posterous.

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Feb 23, 2013 | Life and Marketing Lessons

My Virtual Assistant mentor, Jomar Hilario, that Posterous is closing on April 30. Check Posterous’ official blog post here. I felt sad when I learned that Posterous is closing because I started using it last year and it was a great blogging and autoscheduling...

I am posting this picture of future desk in my dreamboard.

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Feb 10, 2012 | Life and Marketing Lessons

I found this on Google+’s What’s Hot stream. You may read the full article here. I hope to have one for my home office. I just hope the table’s legs could be adjusted so that I could work whether standing or sitting. This is so cool! I want...

What loyalty could cost you

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Oct 5, 2011 | Life and Marketing Lessons

The news about PAL employees’ strike struck me last September 30, 2011. Around 2,000 employees have spent their day today holding their banners and screaming their hearts out. Most of the protesters are spending their last day crying against contractualization. Months...